NY student found dead inside her dorm

Police say 18-year-old Alexandra Kogut was found beaten to death inside her dorm room at a western New York college. Officials at the State University of New York College at Brockport say Kogut, of New Hartford, was a freshman majoring in communication. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office says her body was found on Sept. 29, 2012, in her dorm room at SUNY Brockport, 15 miles west of Rochester. Police have arrested her boyfriend at a Thruway rest stop near Syracuse. Authorities have charged 21-year-old Clayton Whittemore, of New Hartford, with second-degree murder. Kogut is seen here in this undated photo provided by CBS affiliate WROC-TV.

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Clayton Whittemore is enrolled at Utica College. He has pleaded not guilty to the charge and is being held without bail in the Monroe County Jail. Whittemore is seen in this mugshot.

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Alexandra Kogut and Clayton Whittemore are seen here in this undated personal photo.

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Alexandra Kogut is seen here in this undated personal photo.

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Alexandra Kogut is seen here in this undated personal photo.

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Clayton Whittemore is enrolled at Utica College. He has pleaded not guilty to the charge and is being held without bail in the Monroe County Jail. Whittemore is seen in this photo.

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Alexandra Kogut is seen here in this undated personal photo.

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Alexandra Kogut and Clayton Whittemore are seen here in this undated personal photo.

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Alexandra Kogut is seen here in this undated personal photo.

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Alexandra Kogut is seen here in this undated personal photo.

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Alexandra Kogut is seen here in this undated personal photo.

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Alexandra Kogut is seen here in this undated personal photo.

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Alexandra Kogut is seen here in this undated personal photo.

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Alexandra Kogut is seen here in this undated personal photo.

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Alexandra Kogut is seen here in this undated personal photo.

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Alexandra Kogut is seen here in this undated personal photo.

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Alexandra Kogut is seen here in this undated personal photo.

Alexandra Kogut is seen here in this undated personal photo.

Alexandra Kogut is seen here in this undated personal photo.

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Alexandra Kogut is seen here in this undated personal photo.

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Members of the New Hartford senior High School girls swim team walk toward St. John the Evangelist Church for Alexandra Kogut's funeral in New Hartford on Oct. 4. 2012.

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Family and friends of Alexandra Kogut attend her funeral service at St. John the Evangelist Church, Oct. 4, 2012, in New Hartford, N.Y.

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Kelly Kogut and Victor Gerace, third from left, the godmother and godfather of Alexandra Kogut, read a statement at her funeral service at St. John the Evangelist Church, Oct. 4, 2012, in New Hartford, N.Y.

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Family members and friends of Alexandra Kogut attend her remembrance service at St. John the Evangelist Church, Oct. 4, 2012, in New Hartford, N.Y.

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Rev. Joseph Zareski waives incense over the casket of Alexandra Kogut during a service in her honor at St. John the Evangelist Church, Oct. 4, 2012, in New Hartford, N.Y.

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Family and friends embrace at a remembrance service for Alexandra Kogut at St. John the Evangelist Church, Oct. 4, 2012, in New Hartford, N.Y.

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Family members of Alexandra Kogut attend her funeral at St. John the Evangelist Church, Oct. 4, 2012, in New Hartford, N.Y.

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Sydney Kogut, left, is embraced by her mother Becky Kogut during thefuneral service for her sister Alexandra Kogut at St. John the Evangelist Church, Oct. 4, 2012, in New Hartford, N.Y.

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Pallbearers take the casket of Alexandra Kogut out of the church at the conclusion of her funeral service at St. John the Evangelist Church, Oct. 4, 2012, in New Hartford, N.Y.

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A purple ribbon in support of stopping domestic violence is displayed on a tree in front of St. John the Evangelist Church at the funeral service for Alexandra Kogut, Oct. 4, 2012, in New Hartford, N.Y.